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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 19U 



Pea straw per ton. $2 00 



Flax straw " 2 00 



Dry corn stalks " 5 00 



Corn ensilage " 3 00 



Mangels and turnips " 3 00 



Sugar beets " 4 00 



Pasture, each horse per month. 1 00 



" cow " 1 00 



" sheep " 25 



Cost Values. 



Rent per acre. $2 00 



Barnyard manure spread on fields (charged equally over all years of the 



rotation) per ton. 100 



Seed wheat per acre. 1 50 



Seed oats " 1 00 



Seed barley " 1 00 



All other seeds to be chareed at actual cost. Cost of grass 

 seed to be charged equally on the years producing grass. 

 Twine charged at actual cost. 



Machinery " 60 



Manual labour per hour. 19 



Hoi labour (including teamster) — 



Single horse " 27 



Two-horse team " 34 



Three-horse team 41 



Four-horse team 48 



Additional horses each hour. 7 



(Work done by traction engine is to be converted into the 

 amount of horse labour required to do the work and charged 

 accordingly.) 



Threshing (covering work from stook to granary) — 



Wheat per bush. 7 



Oats " 4 



Barley 5 



Flax ;; 12 



Peas 7 



dotation 'A! 

 Wheat continuously. 



Rotation ' V '.' 

 Alfalfa continuously. 



Rotation ' B.' 



First year. — Summer-fallow. 

 Second year. — Wheat. 



Rotation ' C 



First yc xr. — Summer-fallow. 



Second year. — Wheat. 



Third year. — Wheat or coarse grain. 



Rotation ' M.' 

 First year. — Summer-fallow. 

 Second year. — V heat. 



Third year. — Coarse grain. Manure on stubble in fall. 

 Fourth year. — Summer-fallow. 

 Fifth year. — Peas and oats for hay. 

 Sixth year. — Barley or oats. 



